The deciding round!

Compared side by side, Lou Jun's was indeed woven a little better.

But.

"Hubby, you did such a great job weaving it, but your hands are all rubbed red. Chaochao's heart aches for you. Let me handle all this rough, grubby work from now on. All you have to do is look pretty."

Fu Sichen glanced at him with a smile.

Xu Chao grinned and waggled his eyebrows at him.

Watching the two flaunt their affection as though no one else were there, Lou Jun was furious.

"You can actually bring yourself to praise that lousy fishing net he made? Mine is way better than his!"

"Hey, is that any way to talk to your master's wife? With me around, does your master's wife need to do chores? Does he need to work? Does he need to toil away weaving fishing nets like you?"

"None of the above! I'll do all the dirty, tiring work. Your master's wife only needs to look pretty. He's just weaving a fishing net for fun. But you? Your fishing net is how you feed your family. If you can't weave it properly and can't catch any fish, your wife and kids will have to go hungry with you!"

"Ha! And you still have the nerve to compare yourself to your master's wife? Your master's wife does better playing around than you do working seriously. How do you have the gall to compare?"

Those words hit far too close to home.

Every man present lowered his head in shame, as though he really were that stupid, useless husband who couldn't feed his wife and children.

Cold sweat poured down.

Lin Yang clenched both fists, tears in his eyes. "Chaochao, I-I'll never slack off again. I'll learn properly, I promise. I can't let my wife and kids down!"

Cheng Yu also shouted, "Right! Anyone can suffer, but not my wife and kids. I have to work hard!"

Fu Sichen, however, raised an eyebrow and looked at Xu Chao with a half-smile. "Your master's wife?"

Xu Chao immediately chuckled. "If I called you his master, wouldn't Lou Jun have to call you Dad? Having a big, stupid son like that would be such a headache."

Lou Jun was incredulous. "?" What the fuck!

[Holy shit, hahaha, this is too absurd!]

[Hahaha, calling him his master's wife still gets him a big, stupid son for free!]

[That's a Chinese man who refuses to lose for you. Fucking go for it!]

[Xu Chao's got quite a mouth on him, but his values are pretty sound.]

[I'm crying with laughter. He's blatantly playing favorites. Sure, Best Actor Lou's net is ugly, but Young Master Fu's has holes in it. It's completely unusable.]

[Who cares? All Young Master Fu needs to do is look pretty. Chaochao will provide for him.]

[Awww, they're so shippable. Everyone else treats Young Master Fu like a terrifying beast. Only Chaochao treats him like a pampered darling. This ship is killing me!]

[Fu Jiaojiao vs. Xu Mengmeng. Top cp is so shippable!]

After that impassioned pep talk, everyone was brimming with motivation.

Soon, the fishing nets were finished, and the others all went into the creek to catch fish. Fu Sichen was about to go too, but Xu Chao quickly held him back.

"Hubby, the two of us don't need to work. We can just wait for them to bring us their offerings."

The creek water was already icy now.

Fu Sichen's body was always icy cold too. Xu Chao was worried about him and couldn't bear to let him go down there and freeze.

Fu Sichen nodded. "Whatever you say."

After the first day's frantic scrambling and the second day's struggle to survive, they had finally reached the deciding round on day three!

Whoever reached the finish line first before dark would win this episode and move one step closer to becoming the overall winner.

On top of that, the winner would also receive priority in the next expedition.

Aside from Xu Chao, who cared about the five million, everyone else cared more about that priority.

After all, the production team had dared to throw them into the jungle to fend for themselves with just one supply pack. They really were ruthless!

Just after breakfast, Shen Xinbai took the initiative to suggest that everyone travel separately. How could they decide a winner if they all stayed together? He had thought everyone would eagerly agree, but who knew...